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TX Series Pull-Down Chucks Have Constant Clamp Force at Higher Speeds, Feeds
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
SMW Autoblok’s 3-jaw pull-down chucks are fully sealed, featuring high accuracy and heavy-duty gripping for metal cutting applications.
CGTech Adds GDML Interface for Vericut
Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop
The 3DLive interface from CGTech enables Vericut software to read geometry description markup language (GDML) files.
MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with NYX Inc.
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
This special MMT Chat series delivers five great tips and ideas from leading mold builders on ways to improve efficiencies with regards to technology, workforce development and business management, in a fast-paced 5-minute chat. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
New Safety Requirements for Granulators, Strand Pelletizers and Dicers
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
PLASTICS’ Machinery Safety Standards Committee has released a new ANSI/PLASTICS B151.11 standard.
#regulations
Seco Tools Sets Sustainability Goals, Engages in Partnership
Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop
Seco partners with Fusion Coolant Systems and sets circular economy goals to promote sustainability
Metal y plásticos: nuevas industrias adoptantes de automatización y soluciones robóticas
Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México
En una presentación virtual para la Association for Advanced Automation (A3), directivos de Kuka hablaron de las nuevas industrias que impulsan el crecimiento de la automatización, del incremento en la adopción de robots colaborativos y de nuevas tendencias como los robots móviles.
Stratasys, nTopology’s Fixture Software Simplifies AM Modeling, Design
| Additive Manufacturing
FDM Assembly Fixture Generator automates design of jigs and fixtures, enabling engineers to quickly turn a part file into a ready-to-print fixture with a simple drag-and-drop function.
Finishing Index Jumps 9 Points to All-Time High
Michael Guckes | Products Finishing
Survey Respondents Report Troubled Supply Chains and Strong Demand
4 Questions About Cobot Integration
Lori Beckman | Production Machining
Many shops appreciate that cobots are easy to program and enable collaborative operation, but there might still be questions about how to install them.
Datasure 4.0 de Starrett agiliza la adquisición de datos
| Modern Machine Shop México
L.S. Starrett Company presentó su sistema Datasure 4.0, que utiliza una nueva tecnología inalámbrica para proporcionar una transferencia rápida y segura de los datos de medición.
Eastman y Estée Lauder firman acuerdo para impulsar empaques sustentables
| Plastics Technology México
Estée Lauder quiere que para 2025 entre el 75 y el 100 % de sus empaques sean reciclables, rellenables, reutilizables, reciclados o recuperables. Para avanzar en ello incorporará productos Renew, de Eastman, con hasta 100 % de contenido reciclado certificado.
Cimbar Performance Minerals Acquires Tor Minerals
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Acquisition expands Cimbar’s offerings in specialty minerals including flame retardants and TiO2.
Coatings Industry Navigates Supply Chain Disruption
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
As the COVID pandemic continues, coating suppliers work to navigate raw material shortages and chemical price increases.
Intelligent Lifting Point Achieves Greater Load Weights
| MoldMaking Technology
RUD ACP-TURNADO bolt diameters are offered in a range of new sizes for load weights up to 16 tons, expanding its application range.
Hexagon Agility secures additional CNG composite fuel system order
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
In addition to this agreement, Hexagon Agility has received four sets of orders for medium and heavy-duty truck fuel systems in 2021.
Robotic Arm Gripper Achieves Automated, Quick-Change Design
| MoldMaking Technology
The RV36 Gripper improves efficiency with quick-change, customizable jaws and custom accessories.
Minimum Energy. Maximum Savings. Dry Better with ULTRA
| Plastics Technology
In this Digital Demo, Maguire reviews its energy-efficient ULTRA dryer for use in the plastics industry.
Cermet Turning Inserts Delivers Exceptional Surface Finish and Reduced Vibration Tendency
| MoldMaking Technology
The new PVD-coated cermet grade WEP10C, along with FP2 geometry from Walter USA, boosts productivity and dimensional stability in mass production.
EconCore, Renolit honeycomb sandwich panel developments explore diverse applications
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
EconCore lightweight honeycomb enables Renolit Gorcell product line to overcome technical challenges and push the application spectrum for automotive and other markets like furniture and garden.
L.S. Starrett Appoints Jim VandeHei as Director of Sales, Metrology Systems
| MoldMaking Technology
With more than 20 years of metrology sales under his belt, VandeHei will be leading North American sales for the company’s vision systems, optical measuring projectors and force measurement systems.
NASA Ingenuity helicopter succeeds in historic first flight on Mars
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Ingenuity’s two 4-foot-wide carbon fiber and foam core rotor blades successfully interacted with Mars’ gravity and atmosphere, logging a total of 39.1 seconds of flight.
February Machine Tool Order Growth Fastest Since September 2018
Steven Kline, Jr. | MoldMaking Technology
Order growth is booming as the GBI: Metalworking hits all-time highs as a result of strong growth in new orders and production at machine shops.
#economics